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Canada Vigilance Program
The Canada Vigilance Program is Health Canada's post-market surveillance program that collects and assesses reports of suspected adverse reactions to health products marketed in... -
Submitting risk management plans draft guidance document: Procedures to submit
Information on risk management plan submissions for drugs including when to file, considerations, requirements, and compliance. -
Infant formula and human milk fortifiers
Health Canada assesses safety and nutritional adequacy of the following two types of infant foods: (1) infant formulas (human milk substitutes) and (2) human milk fortifiers,... -
Royalty payments and Canada's Access to Medicines Regime
A pharmaceutical company that holds a compulsory licence under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime is required to pay royalties to the patent holder. The company must make... -
Novel food information - Meal replacements and formulated liquid diets with...
Health Canada has notified Abbott Laboratories that it has no objection to the sale of their meal replacements and formulated liquid diets with added calcium 3-hydroxy-3-methyl... -
Draft guidance on management of rolling reviews for drug submissions:...
Health Canada is offering an option for a rolling review of a new drug submission (NDS) or supplement to a new drug submission (SNDS) that meets specific eligibility conditions.... -
Report a side effect
Anyone can report a side effect to a health or cannabis product. Report the issue as soon as possible after the reaction or problem occurred. You should do this even if you are... -
Post-Drug Identification Number (DIN) Changes Guidance Document
The guidance is intended to advise both internal and external stakeholders regarding the filing requirements for postmarket changes and the data recommendations to support those... -
Proposal to Update the Maximum Levels for Lead in Fruit Juice, Fruit Nectar...
The List of Contaminants and Other Adulterating Substances in Foods specifies an ML of 0.2 parts per million (p.p.m.) for lead in fruit juice, fruit nectar, beverages when... -
Ocrevus – Notice of Compliance with Conditions - Qualifying Notice
Notice of Compliance with Conditions - Qualifying Notice -
Cyclical Enforcement Project 2019-2020: Consumer Chemicals and Containers...
The purpose of this Cyclical Enforcement (CE) project was to verify industry’s compliance of consumer chemicals with the requirements of the Consumer Chemicals and Containers... -
COVID-19 guidance for reporting medical device shortages: Background
This guidance document supports Interim Order No. 2 Respecting Drugs, Medical Devices and Foods for a Special Dietary Purpose in Relation to COVID-19 (Interim Order No. 2). -
Exceptional importation and sale of drugs in relation to COVID-19: Overview
There is an unprecedented demand and urgent need for access to drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 30, 2020, the Minister of Health signed the Interim Order Respecting... -
Amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations - Division 15 and 16 Clean Up...
Regulatory Initiative: Amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations Division 15 and 16 Clean Up for Food Additives - Forward Regulatory Plan 2015-2017 -
Final Notice: Classification of Dental Plaque-Disclosing Products as Drugs
Depending on its ingredients, a dental plaque-disclosing product can be regulated as a drug under the F&DA either as a pharmaceutical drug subject to the Food and Drug... -
Notice of Compliance (NOC) Database
A Notice of Compliance (NOC) is issued to a manufacturer following the satisfactory review of a submission for a new drug, and signifies compliance with the Food and Drug... -
Regulatory innovation for health products: Agile licensing for medical devices
Health Canada's Medical Devices Regulations regulate traditional devices effectively. New technologies, such as software as a medical device, need more flexibility in our... -
Health Product InfoWatch: September 2023
The following is a list of health product advisories, type I drug recalls and summaries of completed safety reviews published in August 2023 by Health Canada. -
Alberta Health Virtual Care Action Plan
Alberta has created a Virtual Care Action Plan to leverage this groundwork and move the province to the next level. -
Class exemption to prohibitions to possess and produce medical cannabis for...
Pursuant to section 56 of the CDSA and subject to the terms and conditions set out herein, Registered Persons are exempted from the application of the following subsections of...